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You should have seen the looks and heard the discussions that my 1985 K100RT started when we rode it to North Carolina. "Vintage, Classic, and the ever popular, "You rode that all the way here?!". And that was from fellow BMW riders!

K=bikes go 200,000 miles easy and the new ones may not make it that far without a rebuild.

If you enjoy it, ride it. If your hung up on having the coolest and newest bike, then sell it and trade up/out every 2 - 3 years. Why you'd do that is beyond me. With as smooth as the K75 is, I'd be hard pressed to make a change

at a nation rally, few years back. We stopped for a break, next to a motor home, in the motor home was some younger people and an older couple riding a 2007 BMW, can't remember model. He was 92 years young and she was 89.

At the rally they came in second in oldest combination, rider age + passengers age + age of bike. Th lost to a couple who were in their late 60's and their BMW was a 1932 model.

Let ride long and hard, also ride what you got, no matter what the age.

Stopped at a local "Two Wheel Tuesday" event some years back, when my 94 RS had only 155,000 miles on it (172,000 now). Parked next to some Harleys. As I was taking off my jacket one guy says, "Wow! Lots of miles on it, what year and how many engine rebuilds?"

I replied, "94 and zero, all original engine that I have never had to go into. Just regular maintenance."

They looked on in disbelief. I quietly chuckled to myself.

Our club, and BMWs, were the featured bikes at a cruise night event three years ago. I made up a poster board that listed the top ten high miles bikes ridden and parked there, totalling over 1.5 Million Miles ridden on bikes still being ridden every day. No trailer queens. My bike was number five on the list.

Get trained! The best "performance" upgrade you can get is YOU. Visit msf-usa.org for training info.

Beemerphiles are a little pre-occupied with high mileage numbers (eg., all the distance awards at the national) Harley folks the attraction seems to be chrome, sound, or herd instincts. My K has 186,000, painted cameo and I ride alone generally.